NIC-10 92, Area 86: The NIC-10 used a late 23-7 run to overcome 36 points by Oregon’s Samantha Lambrigtsen.

“We tried our best to guard her,” Auburn’s Melena Burke (15 points) said. “Obviously it didn’t work sometimes, but it’s hard to stop someone who is that good.”

MVP Jensen Blassage of Boylan led the NIC-10 with 18 points. Auburn’s Brianna Davis added 16 and Belvidere North’s Keri Dodson scored 10 of her 11 points in the final eight minutes.

“We had never played together before, but we all had one goal, and that was to win,” Blassage said.

Lambrigtsen, who has not yet signed with a college, also had 12 rebounds and four steals, including a steal and half-court 3-pointer at the buzzer. North Boone’s Renee Martin added 18 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots and Durand’s Cassidy Derus had 11 points, all in the first half.

“Renee played big in there,” Lambrigtsen said. “Everyone had to rebound, because we weren’t very tall compared to them.”